Rail accidents, wars, terror, corruption — and onions: Why Indian ministers, even a CM, have quit in the past

Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned as railway minister in 1956 after the Ariyalur train disaster killed over 140 people.

Finance minister TT Krishnamachari resigned in 1958 over the Mundhra scandal, India's first major financial scam involving the Life Insurance Corporation.

Defence minister VK Krishna Menon resigned in 1962 over India's unpreparedness in the Sino-Indian war.